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Just wondering if anyone is opposed to the idea of a thread here announcing retail deals on games and game-related items. Might be nice for those who don't frequent other sites like CAG. If there's no opposition, here's one to start:

Toys R Us starting Sunday 8/17, Xbox 360 games buy 1, get 50% off another. Great for people planning on buying Too Human this week.

This is from Rob Zachny, to whom I often turn for impressions on this sort of thing:

... The only game that sounded interesting, and this was me really reaching for something to care about, was Ubisoft’s gimmicky-sounding RTS, R.U.S.E. But nothing beyond the deception mechanics sounded interesting, and the thought of a WWII RTS from a developer I’d never heard of was profoundly unappealing.

But here we are in the September of what has been a solid year of strategy gaming, and RUSE has proven to be one of the best entries so far, and an almost ideal cure for what ails the RTS genre. The beta showed that RUSE had a great interface and some good faction balance, and the final product confirms that Eugen Systems unexpected bridged the gap between wargamers and RTS gamers, and put the casual gamer first.

My review is up at GameShark. It’s the highest score I’ve awarded a game yet, but I simply adore the genre blending at work in this design. I’m in good company. The gentlemen of Rock, Paper, Shotgun have said that, “It’s a game men should play.” And indeed they should...

I haven't personally played it (though I got it as part of last year's Ubisoft bundle), but it's one that will definitely get played when I ever find myself in the mood for an RTS. Granted, that hasn't happened in a decade, but apparently you should give it a shot if you're remotely interested.

This is from Rob Zachny, to whom I often turn for impressions on this sort of thing:

... The only game that sounded interesting, and this was me really reaching for something to care about, was Ubisoft’s gimmicky-sounding RTS, R.U.S.E. But nothing beyond the deception mechanics sounded interesting, and the thought of a WWII RTS from a developer I’d never heard of was profoundly unappealing.

But here we are in the September of what has been a solid year of strategy gaming, and RUSE has proven to be one of the best entries so far, and an almost ideal cure for what ails the RTS genre. The beta showed that RUSE had a great interface and some good faction balance, and the final product confirms that Eugen Systems unexpected bridged the gap between wargamers and RTS gamers, and put the casual gamer first.

My review is up at GameShark. It’s the highest score I’ve awarded a game yet, but I simply adore the genre blending at work in this design. I’m in good company. The gentlemen of Rock, Paper, Shotgun have said that, “It’s a game men should play.” And indeed they should...

I haven't personally played it (though I got it as part of last year's Ubisoft bundle), but it's one that will definitely get played when I ever find myself in the mood for an RTS. Granted, that hasn't happened in a decade, but apparently you should give it a shot if you're remotely interested.

Hm, It seems like Rob isn't too keen on the campaign, which is a bummer as I never play multi-player in any game. I can probably look past that for 5$ though, and there's always a good old-fashioned comp-stomp if the campaign doesn't work.

Yea; I just bought the Harry/Batman Lego pack and no discount was applied. I don't mind the $13.99 price for the 3 games; but it must be a promotion I did not receive from one of my prior purchases. This has been the year of the non-steam sale for sure.

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